As far as compressing springs, this might work too.
http://www.thirdgen.org/techboard/su...-work-day.html
Post two has his pics with the compressor.
look at his pics in the thread with the compressor he has a set of three solely with the compressor on the spring. I used that style of compressor to get the original ones out, with them in place on the A arm during disassembly. If it worked on the taller springs, it should work on the shorter pro kit ones. Maybe tomorrow I will return the four hook varient (which is a pain to get started compressing anyway) and try the claw one.